Merfolk

Player: branscombe
Finish: #22 of 26, 0-2
Event: Modern Daily Swiss, 4 Nov 2015
Archetype: Merfolk
Format: Modern
MTGO price: 27.98 TIX (GoatBots, 4 Nov)
Paper price: €251.60 / $303.06 (non-foil: the prints chosen, otherwise the cheapest, 4 Nov 2026)
Source: MTGO

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Main deck (60)

Creatures (31)

Instants (1)

Artifacts (4)

Enchantments (4)

Lands (20)

Sideboard (15)

Main deck (60)

Creatures (31)

Instants (1)

1 Vapor Snag

Artifacts (4)

4 Aether Vial

Enchantments (4)

4 Spreading Seas

Lands (20)

Sideboard (15)

Compared with the average Merfolk list

Average of 9 decks in the last 90 days.

Main deck

More than usual

+5 Island (12 vs 6.9)
+4 Cursecatcher (4 vs 0.0)
+4 Harbinger of the Tides (4 vs 0.0)
+4 Master of Waves (4 vs 0.0)
+4 Merrow Reejerey (4 vs 0.0)
+4 Spreading Seas (4 vs 0.0)
+2 Phantasmal Image (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Mutavault (4 vs 2.4)

Fewer than usual

-4 Tide Shaper (0 vs 4.0)
-4 Harbinger of the Seas (0 vs 3.9)
-4 Flare of Denial (0 vs 3.6)
-3 Sink into Stupor (0 vs 3.1)
-3 Vodalian Hexcatcher (0 vs 2.7)
-2 Svyelun of Sea and Sky (0 vs 2.4)
-2 Snapback (0 vs 1.8)
-2 Otawara, Soaring City (0 vs 1.6)

Sideboard

More than usual

+4 Hurkyl's Recall (4 vs 0.2)
+2 Spell Pierce (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Spellskite (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Relic of Progenitus (2 vs 0.2)
+2 Dismember (2 vs 0.4)
+1 Negate (1 vs 0.0)
+1 Swan Song (1 vs 0.0)
+1 Vapor Snag (1 vs 0.0)

Fewer than usual

-3 Chalice of the Void (0 vs 3.3)
-3 Consign to Memory (0 vs 3.0)
-2 Force of Negation (0 vs 2.4)
-1 Propaganda (0 vs 1.0)

Most unusual list in this period: Ziene in South America Regional Championship Buenos Aires 2026 (21 cards away from the average)